Padded hat



(No Model.)

J. H. MOYER.

PADDED HAT.

Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

Ila 409.417.

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JESSE I-IECHLER MOYER, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.

PADDED HAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,417, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed Apn'l 15, 1889. Serial No. 307,300- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, J ESSE HEOHLER MOYER, of Temple, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore persons wearing hats of odd sizes, or after having the hair cut short, have been compelled to place paper, felt, or some other material in between the sweat-band and the body of the hat in order to make the hat fit.

These pieces, not being secured, are constantly coming out and are a source of great annoyance.

The object of my invention is to provide a pad which can be quickly applied and when applied will remain in place, and by means of which a hat that is a trifle too large can read ily be made to fit.

The invention will be first described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a view illustrating my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pad. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the fasteners. Figs. 5, 6, 7, S, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are perspective views of modifications of the fastener.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A rep resents a hat, and a the sweat-band.

B is a pad, of felt or other suitable material, provided with fasteners c for engaging the raw edge of the sweat-band or the body of the hat. The fasteners 0 can be of any suitable kind; but I prefer to make them in the form of a hook and to secure them to the pad, as shown in the drawings.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown hooks cformed on the ends of plates C, provided with spurs 0 which are passed through the pad and then bent down upon the same. The spurs 0 can be soldered or otherwise secured to the plates, as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be formed from the metal forming the plate, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6; or, instead of the spurs, holes 0 might be formed in the plates, as shown in Fig. '7, and the plates sewed or riveted to the pad.

In Fig. 8 a plate 0, of metal, having tapering ends, is passed through an eye or loop formed on a hook c and then bent upon itself, as shown, one of the ends of the strip being adapted to be passed through the pad and the other bent around and down upon the said pad.

In Fig. 9 I have shown the hook formed on the end of a piece of wire which is bent into the shape of the figure 8 and secured to the pad by eyelets.

Fig. 10 shows the hook projecting from one side of a plate which has its ends pointed to form spurs 0 In Fig. 11 the plate is similar in construction to that shown in Fig. 8, but instead of one of its ends being passed through an eye of a hook the said end forms the hook.

Fig. 12 shows a fastener formed of a piece of wire provided with a hook at each end.

The pads can be made any length or to eX- tend all around the hat; or they can be made in two or more sections, if preferred. The pads will be made of different thicknesses, and may be provided with any numberof fasteners.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by means of these pads a hat can be made to fit the same as if it had been made to order. These pads render the hat more comfortable, and also serve to absorb the perspiration and prevent the outer band from soiling. They are simple, cheap, and can be readily attached and detached.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a hat, of the strip B, of fibrous material, arranged between the sweat-band and the body of the hat, and pro vided with the hooks c, projecting from one edge and engaging the body of the hat to hold the said pad in position, substantially as herein shownand described.

JESSE HECIILER MOYER.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. WILLET, S. A. GREEN. 

